Trump allows  initial protocols as part of power transition

KABUL (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump agreed early on Tuesday to allow the transition process to begin, ending weeks of speculation, according to a media report.

But he did so only after certified election results also confirmed that his rival Joe Biden’s victory in the November 3 election was irreversible.

Biden, a Democrat, now has 306 electoral votes against Trump’s 232 and leads his Republican rival by almost six million popular votes; Biden has almost 80 million votes against Trump’s 74 million.

Biden’s 80 million votes are the highest ever received by a presidential candidate and Trump’s 74 million are the second highest.

“In the best interest of our country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same,” Trump said in a tweet posted on Monday night.

Although Trump is yet to formally concede, Emily Murphy — who heads the General Services Administration (GSA) — took the next step and announced that she was allowing the presidential transition to begin. GSA is responsible for running the White House and other federal offices.

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